| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Jesus | Jewish teacher whose ideas, life, and death are central to the Christian religion |
| Gospel | one of the first four books of the New Testament, describing the life and teachings of Jesus |
| disciple | one of Jesus' 12 closest followers |
| parables | stories with a moral |
| crucifixion | an execution by hanging on a cross |
| resurrection | a return to life after death |
| Beatitudes | blessings contained in Jesus' speech called the Sermon on the Mount |
| Gentile | a person who is not Jewish |
| persecute | to oppress or harass |
| Paul | the most important of the apostles who spread Jesus' teachings |
| missionary | a person who spreads his or her faith by converting others to his or her religion |
| Epistle | one of the letters, included in the New Testament, written by Jesus' apostles to early Christian churches to instruct them in Christian beliefs and practices |
| bishop | local leader of the church |
| pope | the bishop of Rome, the most important bishop in the Catholic Church |
| catholic | universal |
| creed | statement of beliefs |
| Trinity | union of three persons-Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit- in one God |
| Constantine | a Roman emperor who converted to Christianity after seeing a vision of a cross. He ended persecution of Christians |
| Edict of Milan | this made Christianity one of the empire's legal religions |
| Emperor Theodosius | the emperor who made Christianity Rome's official religion |
| Nero | Roman emperor who blamed and tortured Christians for a fire in Rome in 64 A.D. |
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